MOTHER 'S AWFUL ACT
fim.TVS DEAD BATTERED. EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. Bv Telegraph.—Prose Assn.—Copyright. (Received July 8, 10.15 p.m.) MELBOURNE, July 8. At the inquest on the girl Dodds, Mrs Dodds was committed for trial on a charge of murdering her daughter. The police gave evidence that, on their arrival at the house, Mrs Dodds said: “I have a job for you at laslb. I am sorry I did not finish the two of us.” It is also alleged that she confessed that she battered the child’s head with a hammer.
Mrs Dodds and her daughter were found in the early morning of April 4th in a state of collapse. Both were severely gashed, and one of the child’s wrists was almost severed. A letter written by the mother was found, mentioning that a doctor had told her once that it would he better to commit suicide than bring her curse to another life.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11876, 9 July 1924, Page 7
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